Pentagon Suspends IED Group’s Twitter Account

The Pentagon suspended the Twitter account of its counter-IED group after the organization sent out a tweet Wednesday that appeared to make light of a terror attack in the Philippines.

A Twitter account maintained by the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization, a Pentagon command formed during the Iraq war to find new ways of countering roadside bombs, sent out a tweet Wednesday that read:

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